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Read the reviews, opinions and technical sheet about the essential devices for rescue operations. Emergency Live will describe technologies, services, and equipment for ambulance rescue, HEMS, mountain operations and hostile situation, for preventing dangers in complex scenarios.
Water Rescue training in Philippines to prevent flood-risk
The rescue teams from various groups gathered at Bulacan province to rescue hundreds of residents, who were enforced to stay on their houses' roofs, due to enormous flooding that occurred in last year. The rescue teams from the Armed Forces…
The Vortex airway checklist
The Vortex is a “high stakes cognitive aid” - simple enough to be recalled in a crisis and flexible enough to be used in any context. Our philosophy is to train staff for management of the unanticipated difficult airway in the same manner…
EMS in India, the building blocks and the training of EMS personnel
Emergency Medical Services in India has evolved precisely at the right time in 2005. Road traffic accidents and medical emergencies are common in India and road traffic crashes are predicted to result in the deaths of around 1.9 million…
Relive, the game about cardiopulmonary resuscitation
The main purpose of this game is to increase the awareness about this topic and push people, especially teenagers and young adults, to take a CPR class and be prepared to intervene in case of need.The idea is to create a fun and…
Weil Mini Chest, an automatic way for CPR
The Weil Mini Chest Compressor is a pneumatically driven piston device that provides the optimal 100 chest compressions per minute with 2 inches in depth. Once securely in place, the Weil Mini provides consistent rhythm resulting in…
smaccGOLD, a lesson about Timing, Tribes and STEMIs
The over-arching theme of smaccGOLD was the bringing together of people from all facets of critical care to share ideas, collaborate, learn from one another and understand each other. Victoria Brazil (@SocraticEM) kicked off the conference…
ZipLine Medical, a new solution for the suture operation
ZipLine Medical is developing unique non-invasive skin closure solutions designed to provide the best of both worlds — suture-like outcomes at the speed of staples, in an easy to use device that decreases the risk of surgical site…
Surgical Airway by Dr Rob Bryant
By Rob Bryant MDFOR THE SLIDES
INCIDENCE: 1:200 AIRWAYSWHO: Anticipate need for cricothyrotomy in any patient, especially in patients with a predicted difficult airway.CricCon scoring system (unvalidated) is helpful to guide level of…
Police and EMS Turn to Social Media
(MASHABLE) - Lieutenant Chris Bolton of the Oakland Police Department was skeptical of social media in 2011. As the Chief of Staff for Oakland's Chief of Police and a 13-year-vet at the time, he didn't see the benefits of having a…
Understanding Crush Injuries - the MedicCast podcast
Nurse Triaging Changes EMS, Missing Stroke Patients, Critical Care Aftermath and we’ll take a look at the crush injury patient in this crossover segment from the Disaster Podcast. If that’s what you’re looking for, you…